About Us

Rx:Volunteer is a multi-sector initiative in the San Francisco area launched to promote the health benefits of volunteerism for older adults and to encourage health care providers to use volunteer service as a health promotion strategy.

Rx:Volunteer has five overarching goals:

• Expand awareness and educate older adults and health care providers about the clinical health benefits of volunteerism
   
• Motivate health care providers to refer patients to volunteer opportunities.
   
• Increase the number of Bay Area older adults that volunteer by providing easy-to-use search tools and referral services
   
• Improve the mental and physical health of volunteers
   
• Address community needs such as education, homeland security and elder care

The Rx:Volunteer initiative is led by the Public Health Institute in cooperation with Experience Corps Bay Area.

News & Press

Rx:Volunteer project featured in testimony to California Commission on Aging at the White House Conference on Aging Solution Forum in Sacramento!

  Read Testimony (PDF)